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(No Model.)

J. ORANDAL'L.

TARGET.

PatentedvPeb. 28,1882.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE A. CRANDALL, OF BROOKLYN,NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR' TO EDWARD R. IVES, OFBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, AND CORNELIUS BL AKESLEE AND EDWARD G.WILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TA R G ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,200, dated February28, 1882.

' Application filed December 23, 1881. (No model.)

'. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jnssn A. CRANDALL, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved 5 Toy Target, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure l is a face View of my improved target,""showing itcontracted.Fig. 2 is a face View of the same, showing it expanded. Figs.

I 3 and 4 are central sections of the bullseye part of the target.

This invention relates to a new target for use with toy guns or thelike. Its object is to surprise and amuse the practitioner by a com- 1plete transformation as soon asthe bulls-eye is hit.

The target is made with folding wings that constitute its face before itis fired at, but which, on the missile striking the bulls-eye,

are thrown back to develop an entirely new form and appearance of thetarget. Thus in Fig. 1 the target is shown to represent a nest on thebranches of a tree; but in Fig. 2 it has assumed the form and appearanceof a bird.

2 To this end the back A of the target, being a board of the requisiteform, is supported on a suitable base, F, or arranged to be suspendedfrom anail or branch. To'this back A are hinged, at a a, a series ofwings, B C D E.

0 Four such wings are shown, but one only, B, may answer the purpose, orany other greater or less number than four can be employed. The wings,whatever their number, when folded over the face of the board A, as inFig. 1,

cover the target portion of the same. The wing B is connected with aspring, b, which has the tendency to throw it up into the position shownin Fig. 2, against a branch orprojection, d, of the back A. To hold thewing 0 B over the face of A, as in Fig. 1, I employ a catch, 0, Fig. 3,which is pivoted at f to the back A, near to the opening therein for thebulls-eye. This bulls-eye is painted on a plug or button, Gr, thatslides in a suitable 5 aperture or socket in the back A, and is thrownout by a spring, g, or weight, or the like, as far as a stop, h, on theplug G will permit.

This position is shown in Fig. 3. When the bnlls-eye is hit the plug Gis slid backward,

and touching the pendent tail of the catch 0 throws the same off thewing B, (see Fig. 4,) thereby enabling the spring I) to throw the wing Binto the open positionshown in Fig. 2.

Where four wings are employed, as in the example illustrated in thedrawings, their cooperation is insured by pins or projectionsi and j.Thus the wing C, which is hinged at its upper edge, drops over the backA by its own gravity. It is raised by the projection t of the wing B,which is beneath 0 when both B and C are folded over A;but when the wingB is thrown open by the spring bit carries the wing C also into the openposition by said projection i, and rests it against another branchor-projection, d, of the back A. The lower wings, D and E, unfold bygravity. Wing D is held up by an overlapping projection, j, on the wingE or on wing C, and the wing E is held up by an overlapping projectiomj,on the wing B or on wing D.

The design of the target may be greatly varied. The number of the wingsand their form and design are also a mere matter of choice.

One target may have several plugs G and wings B locked by them, so thata variety of forms may be obtained in succession on the same target. Thematerial of which the parts of the target are composed may also be leftto the choice of the constructor. The wings may be applied behind theback, instead of in front thereof, and may be caused to slide, insteadof being hinged.

I do not claim attaching a movable bullseye to a slide.

I claim 1. A target having one or more wings, B, overlapping its back A,and a movable bullseye or plug, G, separate from said wing or wings, andmechanism, substantially as described, for locking and moving said wingor wings, all arranged to unlock said wing or wings from said plug whensaid bulls-eye or plug is moved, and thento unfold said wing or wings,substantially as specified.

2. A target having a fixed body or back, A, one or more movable wings,B, means for-locking the same, and a movable plug, G, separate from saidwing or wings, said wing or wings being combined with a spring, I), formoving it or them in one direction, substantially as specified.

3. The target-back A, combined with the hinged wing 13, spring I), catcha, and movable button or plug G, all arranged to operate substantiallyas specified.

4. The target-back A, having one or more projections, (1 in the plane ofthe back, combined with one or more hinged wings, catch 42, and slidingbutton or plug G, as specified.

5. The folding wing B, provided with spring b, and projection i, incombination with the folding wing G and supportingback A, all arrangedto move the wing C by the projection i, as specified.

6. The combination, on a target, of the fold ing wing B and itsholding-catch e, for holding it down, with the projection j and foldingwing E, the projection j on wing B serving to hold 20 the wing E in oneposition, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of the back A with the hinged wings B O D E, plug orbutton G, spring I), for raising wing 13, rests d, for wings 25 to foldagainst, catch a, for locking wing 13, and projections i and j, forholding the wings G D E, substantially as herein shown and described.

JESSE A. GRANDALL.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH H. Lneenrr, JOHN DELOLISEN.

